/
ʌɪˈkɒnəklast/
n.
- a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
- a person who destroys images used in religious worship, especially one belonging to a movement opposing such images in the Byzantine Church during the 8th and 9th centuries.
Derivative
- iconoclasm n.
- iconoclastic adj.
- iconoclastically adv.
Etymology
C17: via med. L. from eccles. Gk eikonoklastēs, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + klan ‘to break’.
